Sunday was a day seemingly devoted to Ariel, Gabriella's favorite stuffed toy. The day started with church, which Gabriella was able to bring Ariel with her. Even the priest commented on her bringing her toy to church. After a quick trip home to change and eat we headed north. Our first stop was what I've termed the 10,000 man loaf. It's a huge field with an overlook where Okinwan's gathered. Gabriella was able to get her first vending machine ice cream at the loaf. Our next stop was the Busema Undersea Observatory and Glassbottom Boat tour. The boat tour was amazing, they tossed fish food out of the boat and soon there were schools of fish to look at through the glass. Gabriella really enjoyed seeing all the fish in their natural environment, we saw puffer fish, blue sea stars, and lots of other species. After the boat tour we walked to the end of a long peer to the Undersea Observatory. We walked down a circular staircase below the surface of the water. Once down there we were able to look through a variety of portholes to look at all the undersea life. The highlights were watching a clown anemone fish (Nemo) brush himself against the anemone and a huge sea snake going up to the surface and then back into the rocks. It was a little claustrophobic down there so Gabriella and I headed back to the surface before Greg. Once we were back up top, we fed the fish using vending machines conveniently located on the peer. After our undersea exploring we had a wonderful picnic lunch under some beautiful shady trees. A delicious and educational day.
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